October 2007 - Philadelphia Bar Association

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The Monthly Newspaper of the Philadelphia Bar Association
Vol. 36, No. 10
Brennan
Nominee
Deadline is
October 19
Citizenship Day Ceremony
Lynne Cheney (left), wife of Vice
President Dick Cheney, greets
a new citizen at a Citizenship
Day Naturalization Ceremony on
Sept. 17 at the National Constitution Center as Chancellor Jane
Leslie Dalton looks on. Cheney
was the keynote speaker at the
program, which welcomed 75
new Americans from 27 nations.
Other speakers at the program
included Dalton and U.S. Court
of Appeals Judge Marjorie O.
Rendell. U.S. District Court Judge
John R. Padova presided over
the ceremony. The program was
sponsored by the Philadelphia
Bar Association.
Nominations are being accepted for
the Philadelphia Bar Association’s prestigious Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Distinguished Jurist Award. The award will
Quarterly Meeting
Photo by Jeff Lyons
Visit philadelphiabar.org for
tickets to the Oct. 16 Quarterly Meeting. See Page 4.
Hamilton Gala Moves to Sherman Mills
n By Jeff Lyons
Sherman Mills, a former textile
mill that has been transformed into an
artists’ enclave in the city’s East Falls
section, will be the site of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s 29th Annual
Andrew Hamilton Gala on Saturday,
Nov. 17.
The Bar Foundation will present its
October 2007
annual Morris Shuster Fellowships at
the event, along with the presentation of
the Citizens Bank Pro Bono Award and
the Philadelphia Bar Foundation Award.
The theme of this year’s gala is “Justice in
Films.” The Andrew Hamilton Gala is
chaired by Deborah Gross and Amy B.
Ginensky.
The Andrew Hamilton Gala, the
social event of the season in the legal
community, raises money for grants to
law-related programs in the Philadelphia area that assist the indigent, elderly
and disabled, and abused women and
children.
Last year’s gala at 30th Street Station
raised more than $300,000 for the Bar
Foundation, said Foundation executive
director Maureen Mingey. “We hope to
exceed that amount this year,” she said.
“Catering by Design promises
continued on page 6
be presented at the Association’s Annual
Meeting and Luncheon on Dec. 4, 2007
at 12 p.m. at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia
at the Bellevue.
The award recognizes a jurist who
adheres to the highest ideals of judicial
service. Any member of the state or federal
bench, whether active or retired, who has
made a significant, positive impact on
continued on page 16
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Sunah Park, Esq.
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Heather J. Holloway, Esq.
Asima Panigrahi, Esq.
Stacey Z. Jumper, Esq.
Brian K. Sims, Esq.
Kathryn C. Harr, Esq.
Ria C. Momblanco, Esq.
Regina Parker, Esq.
Contributing Editor
Richard Max Bockol, Esq.
Advisory Editors
Bruce H. Bikin, Esq.
Molly Peckman, Esq.
Marc W. Reuben, Esq.
Director of Communications
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Senior Managing Editor
Jeff Lyons
Copy Editor
Adrienne Cornwall
Executive Director
Kenneth Shear
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CLS Adds to City’s Treasure Trove
of Public Interest Law Recognition
Our vital and effective legal services community continues to receive
national recognition. Extraordinary
results are woven into the very fabric of
our many legal services organizations
in Philadelphia. Day after day, often in
life-changing ways, the many attorneys
who work on behalf of the public interest
are reclaiming rights and securing justice
for the elderly, disabled, abused women,
children and many others who need but
cannot afford legal help.
Recently, our legal community proudly
cheered as one organization’s successful lawyering initiatives on behalf of the
poor earned it recognition as a national
leader in the civil legal aid community.
The American Bar Association’s Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division
honored Community Legal Services of
Philadelphia with the prestigious 2007
Hodson Award for Public Service. CLS
Executive Director Catherine C. Carr
accepted the award on behalf of the organization at the ABA’s Annual Meeting in
August.
CLS was recognized for its outstanding service providing civil legal assistance
to approximately 17,000 low-income
Philadelphians annually. Since its inception, CLS has served well over a million
individuals at what is often the most critical time of their lives. It has been called
the “gold standard” by which civil legal
center of the subprime mortgage scandal
aid programs should be judged.
dominating the headlines nationwide,
Created by the Philadelphia Bar Assofocusing attention on the devastating
ciation in 1966, CLS now has more than
effects of predatory lending on the poor.
100 staff members and nine different
CLS also brought the recent class action
legal units, each proficient in a different
on behalf of elderly,
area of law: Community
disabled refugees and
Economic DevelopBy Jane Dalton
asylees whose meager
ment, including the
Supplemental Security
Childcare Law Project;
Income benefits have
Consumer Law; Elderly
ended because they were
Law; Employment;
unable to prove citizenEnergy; Family Advoship within seven years
cacy; Housing; Lan- a requirement next to
guage Access; and Public
impossible to fulfill since
Benefits, including the
9/11.
Advocating on Behalf of
Quite deservedly, CLS
Children project. This
has now received virtuunparalleled range and
ally every major national
quality of services makes
award with which a legal services program
CLS both unique and uniquely effective
can be honored. The Hodson Award is
in promoting the best interests of its lowthe 10th major national award received
income constituency.
by CLS since 1989, in addition to fellowIn addition to providing direct legal
ships and other accolades.
counsel, CLS representatives conduct
The many awards bestowed upon our
policy advocacy locally and nationally,
public interest and pro bono organizaand educate the local low-income comtions distinguish our legal community
munity and the professionals who serve
as a national trailblazer in public service. 
them. The organization’s broad legal
This national recognition reflects well on
expertise ensures its profound impact on
our professional commitment to justice
local and national policy as it helps policy
here in Philadelphia.
makers understand the ramifications of
Consider the following Philadelphia
policies on the most fragile and often
public interest organizations that have
overlooked members of our society.
Most recently, CLS has been at the
Letters
Stop ‘Disgraceful’ Written Attacks on Judges
To the Editor:
Something unprecedented in the
annals of newspaper reporting occurred
on July 24. A review of a book with anemic sales appeared on the front page of
The Philadelphia Inquirer. I am reliably
informed that book reviews never appear
on the front page, except perhaps when
written by one of the Clintons. This book
is a vicious attack on a brilliant and extremely hard working judge of the Third
Circuit Court, Dolores Sloviter. Just in
case not everyone recognized the main
character, named Helga Friedman and
described as “definitely insane,” as a thinly
veiled attempt to portray Judge Sloviter,
the newspaper printed a picture of her.
I, and several others, wrote strong
letters to the paper objecting to this
scurrilous attack on a well-known and
respected judge – only one of the mildest
was published. This is just one more in a
number of recent, organized attacks that
can only be described as open season on
the judiciary in Pennsylvania. I submit
that it is the obligation of the Bar Association to work to stop these assaults that
have already resulted in the loss of three
members of the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court. There is no other organization bet-
ter suited.
We in Philadelphia live in a major city
that has few newspapers of general circulation, two of them owned by the same
people. Other organizations are loath to
anger any source of communication that
they need in order to pursue their own
agendas. Candidates and many worthwhile organizations promoting important
civic goals cannot afford to antagonize
any means of communicating with their
constituencies. The Bar Association does
not need to fear repercussions or reprisals
when it has its own methods of commucontinued on page 14
October 2007 Philadelphia Bar Reporter
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october quarterly meeting and luncheon
Marks to Receive Award; Hart to Speak
n By Jeff Lyons
Tickets can be purchased online
for the Association’s October Quarterly
Meeting and Luncheon on Tuesday,
Oct. 16, where Lynn A. Marks, executive
director of Pennsylvanians for Modern
Courts, will receive the Sandra Day
O’Connor Award. Ann Weaver Hart,
the first woman president of Temple
University, will be the keynote speaker
at the event at the Philadelphia Marriott
Downtown, 1200 Market St.
The Sandra Day O’Connor Award is
conferred annually on a woman attorney
who has demonstrated superior legal talent, achieved significant legal accomplishments and has furthered the advancement
of women in both the profession and the
community.
“Lynn has spent her entire career
fighting for justice for individuals who,
without her efforts, would have no voice,”
wrote former Chancellors Robert C.
Heim and Bennett G. Picker, who nominated Marks, along with Shira Goodman.
“She has fought for women who were
abused or raped; she has fought tirelessly
for court reform; and she has fought
to make our profession and our justice
system free of bias. Her vision, commitment and advocacy have furthered the
important goals of ensuring social justice
and promoting equal opportunities for
everyone.”
Marks has served as executive director
of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts
since 1990. PMC is a statewide nonprofit
organization working to improve the
administration of justice in Pennsylvania,
Lynn A. Marks
Ann Weaver Hart
particularly in the areas of judicial selection, judicial discipline, jury service, court
funding, and increasing racial, ethnic and
gender fairness.
Marks has also served as the executive
director of Women Organized Against
Rape and board chair of the Women’s
Law Project and the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered
Women.
She has received numerous awards,
including the Bar Association Public
Interest Section’s Andrew Hamilton
Award, the Women’s Center of Montgomery County’s “Making a Difference
Award,” and a Philadelphia City Council
proclamation “in tribute to her life’s
work of making this world and especially
this city’s justice system better for its
thousands of clients.” She was named
a “Woman of Distinction” in 2001 by
the Philadelphia Business Journal. She is
co-chair of the Association’s Legislative
Liaison Committee.
Hart assumed Temple’s presidency
on July 1, 2006. She previously served
as president of the University of New
Hampshire and provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Claremont
Graduate University, in Claremont, Calif.
Her prior appointments include professor of educational leadership, dean of the
Graduate School and special assistant to
the president at the University of Utah.
Hart received an M.A. in History and
a Ph.D. in Educational Administration,
both from the University of Utah. Her research interests include leadership succession and development, work redesign and
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organizational behavior in educational
organizations, and academic freedom and
freedom of speech in higher education.
She has published more than 85 articles
and book chapters and five books and
edited volumes.
The Sandra Day O’Connor Award
was established in 1993 to recognize the
important contributions that women attorneys in Philadelphia have made to the
legal profession. That year, U.S. Supreme
Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
presented the first award to U.S. District
Court Senior Judge Norma L. Shapiro.
The award has since been presented to
the late Juanita Kidd Stout, former justice
of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court;
Deborah R. Willig, first woman Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association;
Professor Marina Angel, of the Temple
University Beasley School of Law faculty;
Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
Dolores K. Sloviter (former chief judge);
U.S. District Court Judge Anita B.
Brody; Leslie Anne Miller, first woman
president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association; Lila G. Roomberg of Ballard Spahr
Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP; the late Judge
Judith J. Jamison; Ellen T. Greenlee, chief
defender of the Defender Association of
Philadelphia; former Chancellor Audrey
C. Talley; U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Marjorie O. Rendell; Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Phyllis W. Beck; and
Roberta D. Pichini.
To order tickets for the October
Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon,
visit philadelphiabar.org.
Members to Vote on Bylaw Changes at Quarterly
n By Jeff Lyons
The Board of Governors has approved for submission to the members
changes to the Association’s bylaws that
will be voted upon by the members at the
Oct. 16 Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon.
The changes involve the administration
of official Bar Association publications;
the composition of the Board of Governors; the quorum necessary for the Board
of Governors; an expansion in the methods of communication to the Cabinet
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and the Board of Governors; as well as
the removal of the 100-mile limit for law
professors to be eligible to be members of
the Association.
The publications proposed bylaw amendment calls for editorial board members to be appointed by either the Chancellor or by a majority of the publication’s
editorial board, with all appointments being approved by the Board of Governors.
The appointees will serve three-year terms
and the appointments can be renewed
following approval by the Editorial Board
and the Board of Governors.
The proposed amendment to the composition of the Board of Governors makes
the Chancellor immediately prior to the
past Chancellor an ex officio non-voting
member of the Board. This amendment
will also allow the Chancellor to appoint
an additional member to the board who
is a member of a racial minority.
Another proposed amendment will
reduce the number of members needed
for a quorum of the Board of Governors
from 20 to 18 voting members.
It is also proposed that the Cabinet
and Board of Governors will be permitted
Bylaw Changes
For the complete text of the
proposed bylaw amendment, see Page 20.
to receive electronic communication of
meeting agendas and materials.
The final proposed amendment allows
Bar Association membership to any
full-time member of the faculty of any
accredited law school.
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Bar Foundation
PIRC Aids Detainees Facing Deportation
Immigration stories make the headlines on a regular basis these days. But
few speak to the plight of immigrants
detained and facing deportation. Immigration detainees are not entitled to
court-appointed counsel and only 10 percent of those in proceedings before the
immigration court have a legal advocate.
The Pennsylvania Immigration
Resource Center wants to do something
about that.
Founded in 1996 in the wake of the
detention of nearly 300 Chinese refugees
stranded on a beached ship off of Long
Island, the PIRC is the only regional
agency providing comprehensive legal
services to the detained immigration
population.
The majority of PIRC’s clients are
detained at the York County Prison, the
largest county-operated detention facility
on the East Coast, with thousands of
removal cases before the York Immigration Court annually. “One of the largest
challenges we face is the fact that the need
for legal representation in detention cases
is greater than the resources we have,” says
Angela Eveler, executive director of the
PIRC. “The majority of individuals who
find themselves in detention are without
the financial resources to pay an attorney.
Hence, the burden of representing those
individuals falls on the shoulders of nonprofit organizations like the PIRC.”
One individual who benefited from
the PIRC was a gentleman named Min,
who grew up in Myanmar and was forced
to leave after suffering persecution for his
pro-democracy actions. He fled to the
United States by jumping off an ocean
freighter and was subsequently incarcerated at the York County prison. While
there, Min heard one of the PIRC’s staff
attorneys conduct a “Know your Rights”
seminar. The PIRC attorney worked with
Min to prepare his case for an asylum
claim. Min recently won his freedom and
is happily living on the East Coast.
Min’s story is one of thousands that the
PIRC hears on an annual basis through
its Legal Orientation Programs. This year,
PIRC has provided 116 group presentations at which 1,239 detainees from more
than countries have attended. Last year,
in addition to these programs, the PIRC
provided direct representation for over 50
detainees via both their Detained Torture
Survivors Project and their Particularly
Vulnerable Populations Project, a program for detainees who suffer from serious mental or physical illnesses. “We
strive to reach as many individuals as possible and to give them information that is
useful,” Eveler said.
Trying to meet the vast needs of these
immigrant detainees is one challenge.
The challenges increase when you begin
to work with them. PIRC attorneys face
language barriers and often the need
for medical experts. And, according to
Eveler, there’s “the difficulty in sometimes
obtaining the information and evidence
needed to effectively represent clients,
given the fact that our clients are in de-
Hamilton Gala
as public interest attorneys.
The Philadelphia Bar Foundation
Award recognizes attorneys working in
the non-profit legal services community.
Past recipients of the Philadelphia Bar
Foundation Award are Frank Cervone of
the Support Center for Child Advocates
and Prof. Louis Rulli of the University of
Pennsylvania Law School.
The Citizens Bank Award recognizes
achievement in pro bono legal service,
whether by a law firm or by a corporate
law department. Past recipient include
Geanne K. Zelkowitz, Madeline M.
Sherry and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius,
LLP (2003); Margaret A. McCausland,
and Schnader Harrison Segal and Lewis
LLP (2004); Ballard Spahr Andrews &
Ingersoll, LLP (2005); and Pepper Hamilton LLP (2006).
Purchase tickets to the Andrew Hamilton Gala at philadelphiabar.org.
continued from page 1
another memorable event with a dessert presentation to rival last year, when
desserts were lowered from the ceiling,
suspended from a replica of the Benjamin
Franklin Bridge,” Mingey said.
The gala begins at 7 p.m. with an extended cocktail reception. Reduced-price
tickets are available to members of the judiciary and the Young Lawyers Division,
thanks to a generous contribution from
USI Colburn Insurance Service.
The Morris M. Shuster Public Interest
Fellowship Program was established in
2003 as a result of a generous donation
by Morris M. Shuster to the Bar Foundation. This program assists public interest
lawyers who face large student loan obligations that threaten their ongoing service
philadelphiabar.org
tention and usually far
PIRC might not always
By Elaine Rinaldi
from resources, friends
make headlines, but it is
and/or family who can
making a difference in
assist in the development
providing access to jusof a case.”
tice for those who may
Eveler hopes to meet
have never had it.
the growing needs of
Help us help PIRC
these immigrants by
and all of our grantees.
growing her organizaOur premier fund-raistion. Last year the oring event, the Andrew
ganization had two
Hamilton Gala, will be
staff attorneys; it now
held on Saturday, Nov.
has four attorneys and
17 at historic Sherman
a legal assistant. “I am a strong believer
Mills in East Falls. Your sponsorship of
in teamwork and I hope that PIRC can
and attendance at the Gala is critical to
continue to strengthen its current collabits success and the Foundation’s ability to
orative efforts and develop new partnerincrease its grants this year.
ships to meet the overwhelming demand
We are counting on your support and
for services.” She is also working hard to
remember, your commitment to sponrecruit pro bono attorneys. “We welcome
sor the Gala and your purchase of tickets
anyone interested in attending a training
counts toward your Raising the Bar
[program] or taking a case to contact us,”
pledge. See you at the Gala!
she said.
Through grants from the Philadelphia
Elaine Rinaldi, a partner at Cozen O’Connor,
Bar Foundation and other sources, Eveler
is president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundahopes she can continue to respond. The
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4th Annual Corporate Pro Bono Day
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appellate courts committee
Mediators Outline
Elements for Success
n By Heather J. Holloway
Candor, confidentiality and preparation are three key elements of a successful mediation, a pair of mediators
told members of the Appellate Courts
Committee.
Douglas Sisk, mediator for the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and Penny
Ellison, appellate mediator for the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,
provided an overview of the operating
procedures of their respective programs
Podcast
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and practical tips during a Sept. 12 meeting.
Sisk and Ellison have discretion as to
which cases they select for mediation and
both generally select civil matters that
may settle for money. Domestic disputes,
cases involving governmental entities, and
those requiring statutory interpretation
are not usually selected. If a matter is not
selected but counsel believes it would
be appropriate, however, then counsel
should request mediation. Otherwise,
Sisk and Ellison initially review the
litigants’ case summaries to determine
whether mediation is warranted.
Sisk is limited by a bare-bones mediation statement that he receives 10 days
after the appeal is filed and his file often
lacks the trial court’s 1925(b) statement.
Therefore, counsel should provide him
with as much information as possible.
Sisk is also limited by the Superior Court
briefing schedule that, unlike that of the
Court of Appeals, does not impose a stay
for mediation. Counsel, however, may
request a stay of the briefing order to
allow more time for mediation. Ellison
bases her determination on a 10-page
settlement statement provided by counsel
and has a more complete record from the
lower court. Therefore, counsel should
comply with the 10-page limitation and
refrain from submitting additional documents, with the limited exception of contracts and insurance policies that are in
dispute. Additional documents should be
summarized within counsel’s statement.
Moreover, settlement statements are not
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Mediators Douglas
Sisk and Penny Ellison expect counsel
and litigants to be
candid and neither
discloses information
submitted in confidence to either opposing counsel or the
court.
arguments but rather should provide
information not apparent from the record
that will aid in settlement discussions.
Sisk and Ellison expect counsel and
litigants to be candid and neither discloses
information submitted in confidence
to either opposing counsel or the court.
Further, Ellison stressed the importance
of having a client representative with ultimate authority available for the mediation. The representative should have the
authority to change the company’s predetermined settlement position. Noting that
many litigants are often less than candid
or that their counsel appear without a client representative, Sisk and Ellison voiced
their frustration because they cannot issue
sanctions for non-compliance. They will
often follow-up with additional settlement efforts if the initial mediation is not
successful.
Finally, Sisk and Ellison stressed the
importance of preparation. A litigant who
prevailed below should understand that
the appeal is not a rubber-stamp process
and that there is a risk that the trial court
determination may be reversed. The litigant should be counseled as to potential
collection issues. The litigant should also
be counseled as to both the costs and
the time required for an appeal. As of
the time of the meeting, decisions in the
Superior Court are generally rendered
three to six months after argument and
decisions in the Court of Appeals are
generally rendered two to three months
after argument.
Heather J. Holloway, an associate at Thorp
Reed & Armstrong, LLP, is an associate editor
of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter.
Bar Mourns Passing
of Former Chancellor
the day, and invited dozens of organizaIt is with great sadness that we
tion representatives to join Bar
mourn the loss of former
Association committees and
Philadelphia Bar Association
lend their voices. Likewise, he
Chancellor and legal giant,
worked to demystify the law for
Howard Gittis, who passed
countless Philadelphia residents
away on Sep. 16. A trailblazer
by organizing mock trial events
of our profession in every sense
in the community and by invitof the word, Gittis was an
ing the public to weigh legal
accomplished attorney and a
issues for themselves.
dynamic leader who believed
“This association is not the
that “courage is the quality
Howard Gittis
province of any one person
which guarantees all others.”
or any one group. It is an asA champion of judicial
sociation of a diverse group of lawyers all
independence, Gittis worked tirebound together by a common love and
lessly to defend judges from unfair critirespect for the law,” Gittis told Bar memcism and to address inequities in judicial
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compensation. At a time when women
prior to becoming Chancellor in 1983.
attorneys were far fewer in number, he
While serving as a corporate chair,
advocated for the advancement of women
president, chief executive officer and
in the profession, tapping a significant
director in New York, Gittis remained
number of women to lead key positions
a lifelong supporter of higher education
in the Association’s committee structure.
locally. Our Association and our legal
Gittis believed that lawyers have a civic
community have benefited greatly from
responsibility that goes beyond serving
the indelible contributions of Howard
clients. He maintained that they should
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Women Reveal Secrets to Their Career Success
Women need to “invite themselves
to the dance” to enjoy successful legal
careers, a panelist at a professional
development seminar told more than 100
women lawyers.
The Sept. 18 CLE session, co-sponsored by the Women in the Profession
Committee and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC,
aimed toward teaching women how to
successfully interview and succeed in law.
The panelists, who ranged from firm
recruiters, members of hiring committees, and lawyers from in-house, private
and public practice, repeated a common
theme: every lawyer is responsible for her
own professional development. Although
some women may have an instinct to
wait to be asked to advance their careers,
or “to the dance,” they must proactively
invite themselves in order to succeed.
Roberta D. Liebenberg, co-chair of the
Women in the Profession Committee, began with startling statistics. According to
a National Association for Law Placement
survey, 62 percent of women leave their
firm by their fifth year and 86 percent of
women leave within seven years. For minority women, 74 percent leave by their
fifth year and by their eighth year, almost
100 percent have left their firm.
The “Cheat Sheet,” created by the New
York City Bar and Flex-Time Lawyers
LLC, is an assessment tool that provides
indicia of women-friendly employers
through questions grouped into six key
areas. The tool was designed to provide
Photo by Jeff Lyons
n By Kathryn C. Harr
Women in the Profession Committee Co-Chair Maria C. Feeley (from left) is
joined by course planners Kathleen D. Wilkinson and Deborah Epstein Henry
and Committee Co-Chair Roberta D. Liebenberg at the Sept. 18 professional
development program for women.
law students with the questions to assess
potential jobs, as well as to give employers
a means to take stock of their offerings for
women.
When interviewing, “we don’t like to
toot our own horn,” said Sarah E. Davies,
hiring partner at Cozen O’Connor. “But
this is the time when you’re going to do
it.” Before interviewing, decide where
you want to be in five years and choose
potential placements with that plan,
Davies suggested.
“You do want to sell yourself,” Sunah
Park, a partner at Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP, noted, “but recognize that
you’re also a buyer.” Research and prepare
questions that are important to you, but
reserve your harder questions and salary
negotiations for after you receive an offer,
the panelists advised.
Finding mentors can be critical to
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professional success, the panelists noted.
“Your mentors don’t always look like
you,” Elaine Petrossian, assistant dean for
career strategy and advancement at Villanova University School of Law, advised.
Instead, mentors are the people who “pull
back the curtains” and share with you the
reality of the situation. In approaching
potential mentors, start slow with casual
meetings over coffee or lunch, Petrossian
added.
As your career develops, remember
that “you are not going to get business
unless you ask for business,” Liebenberg
counseled. Bring your business cards
everywhere, exchange them, and follow
up with lunch. Liebenberg added that to
be successful when networking, pick an
activity that you like and “have fun.”
When debating leaving a job, Molly
Peckman said “people leave firms for all
the wrong reasons.” Peckman, director of
professional development at Dechert LLP,
noted that many don’t try to reinvent or
rehabilitate themselves when they can.
“Take control of your own career,” she
added. Some of these steps may involve
asking for a promotion or a move with
your employer.
Remember to package these requests as
“this is a win-win for all of us; this is how
it will work for you,” suggested Linda
Dale Hoffa of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Katherine Hatton, vice president and
general counsel at Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, shared, “I think of work,
your career, as a piece in a puzzle. The
puzzle is your life. You have to make all of
the pieces fit together.”
Other speakers at the program included Kathleen D. Wilkinson, a partner
with Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman
& Dicker LLP; Peggy Simoncini Pasquay,
manager of attorney recruitment and relations, Duane Morris LLP; and Heather
Harrington, an associate with Wilson,
Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker,
LLP.
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sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the
Profession, Abelson Legal Search, Coleman/Nourian, Oxford Legal Associates,
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NAWJ to Convene in Philadelphia in November
The Philadelphia Bar Association
welcomes the 2007 National Association
of Women Judges’ 29th Annual Conference to Philadelphia Nov. 7 – 11 at the
Four Seasons Hotel.
 “We are honored to welcome members of the NAWJ to Philadelphia, and
salute them for their dedication to preserving judicial independence, ensuring
equal justice and access to the courts for
women, minorities and other historically
disfavored groups, providing education,
and increasing the numbers and advancement of women judges at all levels,” said
Bar Association Chancellor Jane Leslie
Dalton.
Senior Judge Norma L. Shapiro, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, and Senior Judge Carolyn
Bar’s Nominating
Committee Formed
The Nominating Committee of the
Philadelphia Bar Association has been
formed. Committee members are Alan
M. Feldman, Chair, Gaetan J. Alfano,
Michael G. Balent, Hope Caldwell, Andrew A. Chirls, Merritt A. Cole, Jane
Leslie Dalton, Jeffrey L. Dashevsky, Patricia A. Dubin, William P. Fedullo,
Laura A. Feldman, Sidney L. Gold, Michael B. Hayes, Kim R. Jessum, Sayde
J. Ladov, Linda M. Martin, Scott A.
Mayer, Joseph S. Mitchell III, A. Michael Pratt, G. Bradley Rainer, Stephanie
Resnick, Stacy A. Tees and Stewart M.
Weintraub. Association Secretary John E.
Savoth serves as a non-voting member of
the committee.
The committee has scheduled dates
for its next meetings. They are Thursday,
Oct. 11 at 3:30 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 12
at 3:30 p.m.
Offices for which candidates are being
solicited are Vice Chancellor, secretary,
assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant
treasurer, and five seats on the Board
of Governors, three of which are to be
nominated by the Nominating Committee. Each Board seat carries a three-year
term.
Individuals who wish to be considered for any of the above offices should
submit a resume of their background and
indicate the position for which they wish
to run.
Materials should be submitted to the
Chair of the Nominating Committee,
Alan M. Feldman, c/o Susan Knight,
Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market St., 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA
19107-2911, no later than 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 4.
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Engel Temin, Philadelphia Court of
Common Pleas, are co-chairs of the 29th
Annual Conference. 
“We extend our congratulations to the
Honorable Norma L. Shapiro and the
Honorable Carolyn Engel Temin, and
thank them for their outstanding contributions to our profession and tireless
dedication to ensuring fairness and gender equality in our courts.  As trailblazers
who have paved the way for many, they
are invaluable role models who continue
to inspire us always,” said Chancellor
Dalton. “Likewise, we congratulate the
Honorable Brenda Stith Loftin, NAWJ
President, and Honorable Fernande R.V.
Duffly, President-Elect, for their accomplished leadership and vision.”
In connection with the annual conference, there will be a luncheon held on
Friday, Nov. 9 at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue, open to the public.
For ticket information, visit nawj.org.
This year’s luncheon will feature
keynote speaker Judith Rodin, Ph.D.,
president of the Rockefeller Foundation
and the past president of the University of
Pennsylvania. It will be attended by hundreds of leading federal and state women
judges from across the United States.
Also in attendance will be a number of
distinguished women judges from foreign
countries.
NAWJ was founded in 1979 and is
comprised of more than 1,200 federal,
state, municipal, administrative, military
and tribal women judges at both the appellate and trial levels from every state in
the nation.
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LAWYER
Philadelphia Bar Association Quarterly Magazine
2007 Photo Contest
As our city and our Association continue to reach out to the international community, what strikes
you about society’s increasingly global worldview? What image captures its influence on Philadelphia
and the rest of the world?
The Philadelphia Lawyer 2007 Photo Contest will award a Grand Prize in the form of a $500 Capital
Grille gift certificate to the member-submitted photograph that best captures the theme of “Eyes on
the World.” Honorable mention winners may also be selected at the judges’ discretion. The contest is
sponsored by The Capital Grille.
Deadline for entries is Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Photos can be either color or black and white. All submissions will be judged by a panel of professional photographers and all winning photographs will be
published in the Winter issue of The Philadelphia Lawyer.
Submit entries to The Philadelphia Lawyer 2007 Photo Contest by Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. The title of the photograph and the name, address and phone number of the photographer must
accompany each entry. Digital photographs must be submitted at a resolution of 300 dpi or greater in jpeg format. E-mail digital entries to [email protected] with “TPL Photo Contest
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Philadelphia Bar Association
and the Friends of the National
Association of Women Judges
Invite You to Attend
The 29th Annual
NAWJ Conference Luncheon
Friday, November 9, 2007 at 12:00 p.m.
Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue
Keynote Speaker: Judith Rodin, Ph.D.
President, The Rockefeller Foundation
NAWJ was founded in 1979 and is comprised of over 1,200 federal, state, municipal, administrative, military and tribal
women judges at both the appellate and
trial levels from every state in the nation.
NAWJ’s 29th Annual Conference will be
held in Philadelphia, and in connection
with that conference, there will be a luncheon held on Friday, Nov. 9 at the Park
Hyatt at the Bellevue, open to the public.
This year’s luncheon will feature keynote
speaker Judith Rodin, Ph.D., current president of the Rockefeller Foundation and the
past president of the University of Penn-
sylvania. It will be attended by hundreds
of leading federal and state women judges
from across the United States. Also in attendance will be a number of distinguished
women judges from foreign countries.
Please join us for what is sure to be an exciting event.
To register for the Friday, Nov. 9 luncheon, please complete the registration form below and send with a check or credit card information to:
National Association of Women Judges, 1341 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 4.2, Washington, D.C. 20036
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In Their Own Words
Make Sure to Exercise Your Pursuit of Happiness
The pursuit of happiness is one of
three unalienable rights enumerated in
the Declaration of Independence. All too
often, however, legal professionals fail
to exercise this right or sacrifice it in the
pursuit of career advancement. In doing
so, we create the opportunity for unhappiness, which is often accompanied by
feelings of being overstressed, overworked
or unappreciated.
I believe that the pursuit of happiness is essential not only in our personal
lives but also in the practice of law. For
example, a happy lawyer most likely leads
to higher job satisfaction, happier support
staff and so on. Similarly, a happy judge
most likely leads to a more pleasant courtroom experience including less banging of
the gavel.
Like anything else that is worthwhile,
pursuing happiness requires effort. Alvah
Parker of Parker & Associates in Boston,
is a life coach for legal professionals. Here
are a few of her tips.
• Happiness is a choice. Try to take a
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positive rather than negative approach
to issues. For example, focus on what is
good about something rather than what is
bad about it.
• Find a cause or an interest that engages or excites you. When you are excited
or engaged in one aspect of your life, you
can use that positive energy to deal with
more stressful aspects of your life.
• Avoid perfectionism. Perfectionists
set themselves up to be disappointed.
That disappointment often leads to
negative self talk. Strive to do your best
and forgive yourself if something is not
perfect. Remember that mistakes make
you human.
• Don’t take yourself or your title too
seriously. Regardless if you’re a judge, a
general counsel or a senior partner, you
should be able to laugh at yourself and see
the humor in your humanness and those
with whom you work. In other words,
relax and be able to poke fun at yourself.
As a judge who hears dependency cases
at 1801 Vine St., I deal with some of the
most broken of families
pier judges and lawyers
By Hon. Daniel J. Anders
in Philadelphia. For
create more pleasant
several hours each day,
work environments,
I hear tragic stories of
increased job satisfaction
physical or sexual abuse,
and less stress. And, if
neglect, drug addiction
you are in my courtor untreated mental
room, I hope that you
health. At the heart of
will focus on the positive
each case is a child that
and work on improvis in need of support,
ing the life of the child
affirmation and services.
rather than assigning
Rather than focusing
blame for how the child
on the heartbreaking
arrived in dependency
circumstances that brought a child to
court. In doing so, we will not only
court, I direct my efforts on what the
achieve better results for the child but also
parties need to do to provide a safe and
create a courtroom that is a happier place
nurturing environment for the child. In
for the parties, attorneys and court staff.
doing so, I am pursuing happiness in my
job, which enables me to deal with the
Hon. Daniel J. Anders is a judge assigned to
emotional stress that is omnipresent in
the dependency court of the juvenile branch
dependency cases.
within the Family Court division of the Court
I hope that all of us in the legal profesof Common Pleas in Philadelphia County.
sion make a concerted effort to pursue
The opinions of Judge Anders are solely his
happiness not only in our personal lives
own and do not constitute or reflect the opinbut also in our professional careers. Hapions of any other judge.
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law practice management division
Attorney Touts Benefits of Paperless Practice
to do things and try things. With programs you use every
day, you can save time. And the more you automate what
you do by going electronic, the more time you save. If
you can complete 90 minutes of work in less time, you’re
You don’t need to drink 12 cups of coffee or load
more productive. And when you get your work done
up on sugar-laden treats in order to complete 90 minutes
more efficiently, it’s better for you. I’ve yet to meet an
of work in just 60 minutes. Daniel J. Siegel says technolattorney who has complained that he has too much free
ogy can help attorneys accomplish more in less time.
time,” he said.
“The more you handle paper, the less efficient you are.
Siegel, co-chair of Technology Committee, has tried to
The reality is, as attorneys, there’s just too much paper.
eliminate as much paper as possible
We’ve all seen the offices where paper
from his practice. “I have in my
is just everywhere. When you try
office, a DVD that contains every
to dig out from paper, it’s really difdocument in every file since I opened
ficult,” Siegel showed members of the
my practice and my technology
Law Practice Management Division’s
business a little under two years ago.
Technology Committee on Sept. 20
Visit philadelphiabar.org to listen to
It’s 5,615 files and everything but my
how they could save time by using
the podcast from this meeting.
e-mail. It only takes up 85 percent of
their computers.
the DVD, which means I could have
“If you have to do something on
put another 750 documents on there. And from that
a computer more than once, there should be a way to
DVD, I can access every document I’ve created in my
automate the process or make it more efficient. If you try
office in literally one or two clicks of a mouse.”
to save some time, even if it’s five seconds on an item, and
“On the other hand,” Siegel said, “if I had to go to the
you do that six times a day, that’s 30 seconds a day and
physical file to get those documents, just getting up from
two minutes a week and 100 minutes a year. Suddenly,
my desk every day would cost me minutes rather than if
there’s an hour and a half saved from doing repetitive
I had scanned a letter and saved it to my computer. Over
routines,” Siegel said.
a week and over a year, we’re talking about significant
“A lot of people, attorneys and non attorneys, feel
amounts of time. I don’t know anyone who wants to
overwhelmed by their computers. They’re literally afraid
n By Jeff Lyons
Podcast
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Photo by Jeff Lyons
Spotlight
Daniel J. Siegel
spend their time just shuffling paper. If it’s electronic and
it’s scanned properly, it’s there forever.”
Other ways to streamline your practice include
archiving e-amil; performing regular backups of your
digital files; the use of electronic calendaring; sending and
receiving faxes electronically and the use of time billing
software.
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Feasts to Famine
Find Taste of Portugal Just Off the Boulevard
Taste Of Portugal
718 Adams Ave.
(215) 535-8700
One needn’t be Henry the Navigator to find this restaurant-sports bar just
blocks off Roosevelt Boulevard, in a strip
shopping mall. You enter what looks, at
first, to be a shoddy shebang at parking lot level. You’ll discover a “sporting”
area directly ahead. Above and behind a
long neat wood bar, peopled by patrons
primarily Portuguese, are flat-screen
TVs and a bevy of colorfully framed
team “futbol” jerseys. The sound of
“GOOOOOAL” adds cheering smiles to
the soccer-succoring game-gazing crowd.
Immediately to the right are wide stairs
and a banister leading downward. A brief
descent brings forth a copper-tinted tiled
floor in a pink painted banquet room.
This dining area is surprisingly full of
light and of spacious proportions. All
tables are covered by formal starchedwhite tablecloths. “Baby-girl” pink napkins add frill. The noise from upstairs
has disappeared. The “shhs” you hear are
not meant to proscribe loudness, but are
naturally emanating in the middle of and
at the ends of words pronounced from
the mouths of eaters speaking Portuguese
among themselves. On Friday and Saturday evenings, you should enjoy a guitarist
plying his fingers as if they were sailing
through the Strait of Magellan.
A gregarious and welcoming wait-staff
arrives early and often with large multipointed Old World rolls accompanied by
brined black unpitted olives. They also
advise and warn that most entrées are
sized toward stupendous, and ordering
should be done with caution.
The appetizers should be shared, one
for two. Never miss chouriço assado ($9),
a flaming Portuguese sausage 10 inches
long and one inch thick, brought to the
table alight in a ceramic brown-glazed
canoe. Please be patient enough to allow
the fire to expire (just a few seconds).
Then cut into the sausage’s skin-splitting
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fattiness. Juices burst
broccoli, carrots and
By Skinny D’Bockol
within your clenched
green peppers. Heaven
cheeks as you attempt to
on earth grilled to pergently gnarl the tender
fidious perfection. Or
meld while holding your
consider carne de porco
breath from the heat.
à alentejana ($16). This
Your tongue lashes in
platter provides blissfully
the bath, until a smoky
bracing sautéed pork
garlic-laden swallow
cubes embedded with
allows room for another
clams over absorbent
forkful.
soft, squared, skinned
Nor are the codorpotatoes. Cilantro is
nizes grelhadas ($8) to
sprinkled as a coverlet,
be avoided. Here are two grilled quails,
and the pork and clams become odd
served spread-eaglet on either end of an
boisterous bedfellows. Aftertastes linger
oblong platter, the middle of is which is
affectionately on your lips. Pousadas in
piled with pickled vegetables, including
sintra and setais serve no better.
carrots, beets and red peppers. The birds
The specialty of the house is “paelha”
are to be eaten with hands. The quails’
($20), served at Taste of Portugal in
bones are tiny, soft and easily ripped. The
saffron rice, aromatically embellished
surrounding exposed meat is miniature
with seafood (marinheira), or with some
and succulent. The vinegar-complementseafood, but mostly chicken, pork and
ed legumes lend a sour serenity.
sausage (Valenciana). Boundless lobster
The most authentic dish, served and
pieces (still in shells), shrimp (shelled),
priced by weight in Lisbon, is camarão
clams and mussels (attached to shells),
à guilho ($10), sautéed shrimp in white
calamari and scallops appear, as the marwine and garlic sauce. The peeled shrimp
ket allows, in rounded brown ceramic
seem to curl in anticipation of your utenBrasileira containers. The paelha’s success
sil’s touch. They’re steaming and plump,
is measured by the chef’s timing, so that
redolent of the garlic that perfumes their
all differing ingredients come to the table
sheen. Served in a silver tureen topped
turgidly cooked, never over nor under.
with a crowning lemon wedge, they apThe attention to detail is relentless, and
pear ready to be devoured by royalty.
here, successful. Fragrances replete with
I have failed to mention that with all of
sea salt, shellfish and saffron accumulate
the above is served a huge bowl of salad
in wet mounds of soaked rice. Amazingly
for the table, of fresh baby lettuces, tomasized, uneaten portions are inevitably
toes and julienne carrot slivers. Remempacked and taken home for the next day’s
ber to ask for more rolls and olives, and
lunch and dinner.
require that no raw onions appear.
Dessert is a cold-hearted flan surroundNow the entrées begin.
ed by the sweetest caramel.
Espetada de lulas com camarao ($19)
VASCO DA GAMA
consists of a shish-kabob laden with
grilled calamari the size of halos. The anSkinny D’Bockol, a sole practitioner, is a congelic bounce on the teeth is supplemented
tributing editor of the Philadelphia Bar Rewith devilishly delicious skewered shrimp,
porter. Find his reviews online at bockol.com.
Letter
nication and advocacy.
Rather than defend Judge Sloviter,
something that she could not and would
not do for herself, I find the Philadelphia
Bar Reporter further publicizing the book
and its author in the September issue. The
Bar Association should be aware of the
effect of this disgraceful attack on its prestigious Sandra Day O’Connor Award,
given to Judge Sloviter and many other
prominent women lawyers and judges.
The requirements for that award include
“advocacy for the advancement and equal
treatment of women in the profession, as
well as the community” and “a reputation
for mentoring other women in the profession.” This is a far cry from the woman
portrayed in this mean-spirited, vicious
attack.
The Bar Association should not be
helping the author of this book, and,
indeed, might ask how the book review
managed to get on the Inquirer’s front
page, and who made that decision.
Lila G. Roomberg
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Sunah in the City
When on Vacation, Leave the Law at Home
thought - what if the cable line broke,
I did a crazy thing recently – actuwhat if I fell, what if I died? Well, I need
ally, two crazy things. I am not the adnot have worried. The cable line held up
venturesome sort, and in fact, I can safely
just fine, I did not fall and I did not die.
say I am the most risk-averse person I
I finished the zipline
know. Fear of heights,
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with nary a scratch and
speed and injury
to my surprise, I found
ensured a relatively sedthat I had enjoyed myself
entary lifestyle. Walking
tremendously. Equally
in three-inch heels is the
enjoyable, but a bit more
only dangerous activity I
bruising, was rappelengage in. But someling down the 35-foot
how, I let my friend conwaterfall. I managed to
vince me to try ziplining
stumble my way to the
and wet rappelling in
bottom of the waterfall,
Puerto Iguazu while on
completely drenched, elvacation in Argentina.
bows and knees scraped
A company called
up, but at the end, I had
Iguazu Forest offered an
a huge grin on my face. My friend and I
eco-adventure tour that included a trek
agreed that it was the best experience we
through the (mosquito-infested) Iguazu
had ever had and we could hardly wait to
forest in a 4x4, ziplining across the forest
share the tale of our adventure with our
and rappelling down a waterfall. I was
friend who could not make the trip to
assured that it was perfectly safe (“Not
Iguazu with us.
one tourist has died”) and since we had
Later, on the train ride to Tigre the
survived a thrilling powerboat ride the
next day, we were describing our lunacy
day before to the Garganta del Diablo
to our friend when I noted and remarked
(“the Devil’s throat”) in Iguazu Falls, I was
that we were never asked to sign a waiver
feeling somewhat daring.
before our adventure. My friends, both
But as I started climbing up the rickety
lawyers, rolled their eyes. Of course, this
wooden ladder to get to the platform
started one of those lengthy discussions
for the zipline, I began to heartily curse
all lawyers (and non-lawyers) have regardmy friend and my stupidity. What was I
ing (North) Americans’ being overly
doing? I wanted to turn back, I wanted to
litigious, an individual’s assumption of
cry, I wanted my mommy. But instead,
the risk, lawsuits effectuating change,
I continued my ascent. Panicking, I
After debating the
issue for about half
the length of the train
ride, we realized we
had spent our precious
vacation time talking
about law and lawsuits
and not appreciating
the coastal scenery
passing us by.
blah, blah, blah. Quite frankly, I found it
to be a relief to have experienced such an
exhilarating adventure without worrying
about the legal implications or ramifications. I had just been scared for my life,
not about what would have happened
after I died. Would my experience have
been any better if I had signed a waiver
beforehand? Would it have made me
feel better to know that if I had died, my
parents could have brought a lawsuit if
my death had been caused by negligence?
Actually, no. And knowing my parents,
if I had died during that experience,
they would have killed me. So, I doubt a
lawsuit would have made them feel any
better. But of course, if I had not died,
but had to live severely maimed, wouldn’t
I want to be financially taken care of?
Aaaarrgghhh. After debating the issue
for about half the length of the train ride,
we realized we had spent our precious
vacation time talking about law and
lawsuits and not appreciating the coastal
scenery passing us by. Aghast, we immediately dropped the topic and looked
out the window instead. As I looked out
at the calm Rio de la Plata, I rubbed my
bruised elbow and just smiled.
Sunah Park, a partner at Thorp Reed &
Armstrong, LLP, is editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter.
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by the Social Security Administration's Curtis Axelsen and Social Security Disability Benefits Committee Co-Chairs Karen Weisbord and Jeffrey
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This year’s Brennan Award Committee
is chaired by John Soroko. Nominations
for the Justice Brennan Distinguished
Jurist Award should be forwarded to:
Brennan Award, Attn: Areetha Carter,
Esq., Staff Counsel, Philadelphia Bar
Association, 1101 Market St., 11th Floor,
Philadelphia, PA 19107.
All nominations should include the full
name, address and telephone number of
both the nominee and the person submitting the nomination, a summary of the
nominee’s accomplishments, and any pertinent supporting material the committee
should consider. All nominations must be
received no later than 5 p.m. on Friday,
Oct. 19, 2007.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
J. Brennan Jr. was the first recipient of
the award in 1995. Other recipients of
the award, which is now named in honor
of Justice Brennan, include the following: President Judge Alex Bonavitacola
of the Philadelphia Court of Common
Pleas (1996); Judge Phyllis W. Beck
of the Pennsylvania Superior Court
(1997); Chief Judge Edward R. Becker
of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Third Circuit (1998); Judge Louis C.
Bechtle of the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1999);
Chief Judge James T. Giles of the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania (2000); Justice Russell
M. Nigro of the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court (2002); U.S. District Court Judge
Louis H. Pollack (2003); Judge James R.
Melinson, retired U.S. Chief Magistrate
(2004); U.S. District Court Senior Judge
Edmund V. Ludwig (2005) and Philadelphia Municipal Court President Judge
Louis J. Presenza (2006). The Brennan
Award was not given in 2001.
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New YLD Events Target Families, Music Lovers
The Young Lawyers Division has
two new events scheduled – one for families and another for music lovers.
The YLD will host “A-Scare-Ium at
the Aquarium” on Saturday, Oct. 20 at
the Adventure Aquarium in Camden,
N.J. from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Children are encouraged to wear
their Halloween costumes to the event.
Admission is $25 for adults and $15 for
children and includes lunch, an animal
encounter, a pick-your-own pumpkin
and painting activity and a special show-
ing of SpongeBob SquarePants 4D ride.
The Adventure Aquarium features
the Shark Realm, a 40-foot tunnel surrounded by a 550,000-gallon tank with
more than 20 sharks and 850 other
animals. The Ocean Realm has more than
750,000 gallons of seawater with giant
sea turtles, stingrays and more. Visitors
can view the Ocean Realm through two
movie-screen sized windows.
The YLD’s Lawyerpalooza is modeled
after a similar program that originated
in Seattle. Lawyerpalooza features bands
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consisting of Philadelphia lawyers. The
event will be held Thursday, Oct. 25 at
Kildare’s at 2nd and South streets.
The featured bands perform many
different kinds of music. Some of the
bands confirmed include A Band Called
M, Class Action, Pray for Mojo, Brad
Shuttleworth (Shuttleworth Law, LLC),
Tickets for Lawyerpalooza and AScare-Ium at the Aquarium can be
purchased at philadelphiabar.org.
Lev Kalman (Blank Rome LLP), Matthew Hoffman (Duane Morris LLP) and
The Pro Bonos. Pray for Mojo won the
Philadelphia City Paper’s Reader’s Choice
award in 2004 for best local band.
Tickets for Lawyerpalooza are $10
and includes drink tickets, heavy hors
d’oeuvres and drink specials.
Cipriani Inn of Court Meets
Former Family Law Section Chair David Steerman joins Philadelphia Court of
Common Pleas Judge Idee C. Fox at the inaugural meeting of the Nicholas A.
Cipriani Family Law American Inn of Court on Sept. 19. The Inn is named in
honor of Judge Cipriani, one of the most respected jurists in the history of the
Philadelphia Family Court. The Inn promotes professionalism, ethics, camaraderie and education among the bench and bar. More than 50 people attended
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Arts & Media
Luciano Pavarotti’s Talent Came From the Heart
n By Marc W. Reuben
Luciano Pavarotti and Enrico Caruso both died of cancer at the height of
their world fame as tenors on the operatic
stage. Truth be told, Caruso, considered
by many (including Pavarotti) to have
been the greatest tenor of them all, died
younger and as the result of hard living
(he smoked five packs unfiltered each day
and loved food and drink). Both men left
behind young wives and millions of devoted admirers and, happily, a significant
recorded legacy.
Pavarotti, with his sweet, lyric voice,
was captured with the most modern
electric recording science, and his per-
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been recognized with national awards for
their work, or the work of their attorneys,
during the past 10 years (partial list):
• Philadelphia VIP: Points of Light
Foundation; National Association of Pro
Bono Coordinators.
• Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia: Society for Developmental and
Behavioral Pediatrics.
• SeniorLAW Center: ABA Louis M.
Brown Award for Legal Access; U.S.
Administration on Aging.
• Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts:
American Judicature Society.
• Equality Advocates Pennsylvania:
Human Rights Campaign.
• University of Pennsylvania Law
School Toll Public Interest Center: ABA
Pro Bono Publico Award.
Additionally, our Philadelphia Bar
formances are filled with nuances of
emotion that could not be captured in
the ancient acoustic recordings made by
Caruso (Without electronic reproduction.
Performers shouted into a large metal
horn and the vibrations were distilled
onto wax - no tape, no editing, no reliable
range of accurate frequency sound reproduction - just an echo).
When one listens to the sounds these
two great singers made almost a century
apart, one hears notes - produced the
result of training and polished as a result
of love of art. The special zing some singers give to their work is mental as much
as mechanical. Pavarotti brought intensity
into his singing not simply because his
Association has been honored three times
with the ABA’s prestigious Harrison
Tweed Award, which recognizes state
and local bar associations that develop or
significantly expand projects or programs
to increase access to civil legal services or
indigent defense services.
For each of these organizations, and
the many other groups that make up our
vibrant public interest community, we
know that success is not measured by
statues, plaques and certificates, however. 
It is measured by the knowledge that we
are improving the lives of those who need
our help the most.
We congratulate CLS and salute all
of our public interest organizations for
making the Philadelphia legal services
community one of which we all are justly
proud.
Jane Dalton, a partner at Duane Morris LLP,
is Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Her e-mail address is Chancellor@
philabar.org.
Hampton Award Nominees Sought
The Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section will present its 7th annual
Martha Hampton Award in December.
Each year a committee reviews
nominations as to the attorney or judge
who best exemplifies Hampton’s unique
compassion and dedication to her clients,
her professionalism, scholarship and good
will with her peers. All members of the
bar and bench who practice workers’
compensation law are eligible.
In addition to the award, a charitable
contribution is made each year to Kids
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Chance by Galfand Berger, on behalf of
the Section. Please include your thoughts
for making any nomination. All nominations can be e-mailed to Marc S. Jacobs
at [email protected] or mailed
to Jacobs at 1818 Market St., 23rd Floor,
Philadelphia, Pa. 19103.
The Martha Hampton Award will be
presented at the Section’s Annual Holiday
Party on Tuesday, Dec. 4 beginning at 6
p.m. at The Pyramid Club, 1735 Market
St., 52nd floor. Tickets are $40 and can
be purchased at philadelphiabar.org.
voice box was able to accommodate the
singing of intense high notes, but because
his soul cared to make music. That soulfulness is the mark of a singer whom
the populace loves and such people are
the real immortals. There are many who
can sing like Pavarotti. Some who are
technically better and a few with better
sounding voices. But none of them at
present can generate powerful singing,
with sparkling eyes and forceful movements that command attention.
Pavarotti was a big fellow. It was hard
for me to take his ministrations to lovely
Mirella Freni seriously because of their
difference in size. But when they sang
together nothing mattered except those
wonderful voices. I remember a late evening radio program of the new recording
of Pavarotti and Freni singing “Butterfly”
that was interrupted by the bulletin that
Richard Tucker had just died. Even that
grief could not dampen the pleasure of
the sensual music sung by voices of the
sublime. And they were sublime and the
love duet wrings tears from listeners.
Pavarotti was, like his idol Caruso, a
basically untutored singer, who came to
opera and studied music as he grew. Caruso started out with a sweet tenor voice
that darkened noticeably over his Met
career (1902-20). He still maintained a
significant touch of tenor, but was almost
Catherine C. Carr (center), executive director of Community Legal Services, accepted the American Bar Association’s Hodson Award for Public Service at the
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Note: While the following listings have been verified prior to press time, any scheduled
event may be subject to change by the committee or section chairs.
Monday, Oct. 1
Tuesday, Oct. 9
Family Law Section: Meeting, 12 p.m.,
Criminal Justice Section Executive Com-
11th floor Conference Center. Lunch:
$7.50.
mittee: Meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Investment Companies Committee:
Philadelphia Bar Foundation Board of
Trustees: Meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor
Board Room.
Committee on the Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Meeting, 12 p.m.,
11th floor Committee Room.
Wednesday, Oct. 3
Delivery of Legal Services Committee:
Meeting, 8:30 a.m., 10th floor Board
Room.
Rules and Procedure Committee: Meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room.
Lunch: $7.50.
Bar-News Media Committee: Meeting,
12 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center.
Lunch: $7.50.
Board Room.
Wednesday, Oct. 17
Tuesday, Oct. 23
Workers’ Compensation Section Execu-
Women in the Profession Committee:
tive Committee: Meeting, 10:30 a.m.,
Meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board
Room. Lunch: $7.50.
Workers’ Compensation Section: Meet-
Thursday, Oct. 25
11th floor Committee Room.
12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room.
Thursday, Oct. 11
Thursday, Oct. 18
Solo and Small Firm Committee: Meet-
Law Practice Management Division
Meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50.
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Appellate Courts Committee: Meeting,
ing, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference
Center. Lunch: $7.50.
Legislative Liaison Committee: Meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Committee
Room South. Lunch: $7.50.
Monday, Oct. 15
Public Interest Section Executive Committee: Meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor
Board Room.
Business Law Section Executive Com-
Civil Rights Committee: Meeting, 12
Monday, Oct. 8
Columbus Day: Bar Association offices
closed.
ing, 12 p.m., 10th floor Cabinet Room.
ing, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference
Center. Lunch: $7.50.
Federal Courts Committee: Meeting,
12:30 p.m., 10th floor Board Room.
Lunch: $7.50.
LegalLine: 5 p.m., 11th floor LRIS
offices.
Thursday, Oct. 4
p.m., 11th floor Conference Center.
Lunch: $7.50.
Health Care Law Committee: Meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room.
Lunch: $7.50
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Conference Center.
Small Business Committee: Meeting,
12 p.m., 11th floor Committee Room
South.
Tuesday, Oct. 16
Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon: 12
p.m., Philadelphia Downtown Marriott,
1200 Market St. Tickets: $50, philadel-
Executive Committee: Meeting, 11:30
a.m., 11th floor Conference Center.
Cabinet: Meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor
Board Room.
Law Practice Management Division
Technology Committee: Meeting, 12
Lunch: $7.50.
Family Law Section Executive Com-
Arts & Media
a baritone in his later years. Pavarotti
maintained the tone of a lyric (sweet)
tenor to the end. His voice did darken as
years passed. But the bright sound could
be summoned when needed. Like other
singers, he had problems with breath control as he grew older and heavier. But that
sound and the willingness to put himself
out there and please the people never left
him and people loved him for it.
Pavarotti’s gold standard was Caruso
because images of what his voice was are
still so powerful. Artists and lovers of art
still marvel at what Caruso must have
been. I knew people who heard Caruso
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sing; who saw the glass crystals shatter
and had to hold their hands over their
ears, and saw grown men in 1915 crying
openly when Caruso sang. The emotion
he put into music can be heard in numerous recordings he made (“Vesta la Giuba”
from Pagliacci, recorded in 1906, ranks as
one of the great classical recordings made
to date and it still makes people cry.)
In all that Pavarotti did he was able to
put emotion into singing, and also make
people believe that he was singing for
them especially. Where Caruso was grand
and awesome, Pavarotti brought the grandeur of great song into the living room
and made it comfortable there. Singers
are supposed to make you feel involved in
what they do. Pavarotti, with his outsized
persona and facile voice, was a tenor for
Lawyer Referral and Information Service
Committee: Meeting, 12 p.m., 11th
floor Committee Room.
Elder Law Committee: Meeting, 1 p.m.,
10th floor Board Room. Lunch: 1 p.m.
Board of Governors: Meeting, 4 p.m.,
10th floor Board Room.
Friday, Oct. 26
Women’s Rights Committee: Meet-
ing, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board Room.
Lunch: $7.50.
Philadelphia Lawyer magazine Editorial
Board: Meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor
Committee Room South.
Monday, Oct. 29
Environmental Law Committee: Meeting, 12:30 p.m., 11th floor Committee
Room. Lunch: $7.50.
Committee Room South.
Friday, Oct. 19
Young Lawyers Division Executive Com-
Board Room.
Tuesday, Oct. 30
Women in the Profession Committee:
Social Security Disability Benefits Committee: Meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor
Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50.
Sunday, Oct. 21
Young Lawyers Division Family Hal-
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Minorities in the Profession Committee:
Meeting, 12 p.m., 11th floor Conference Center. Lunch: $7.50.
loween Party: Adventure Aquarium,
Camden, N.J. Tickets: philadelphiabar.
org.
Monday, Oct. 22
Meeting, 12 p.m., 10th floor Board
Room. Lunch: $7.50.
Criminal Justice Section: Meeting, 12
Lunch: $7.50.
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Medical Legal Committee: Meeting, 12
p.m., 10th floor Board Room. Lunch:
$7.50.
Young Lawyers Division Cabinet: Meet-
his time.
Others stand by him. Placido Domingo, with his full, luscious, buttery
sound is a mainstay of operatic audiences.
His voice is darker than Pavarotti and his
singing is often less emotional, relying
instead on measured doses of awesome
musicianship.
Franco Correlli, a powerful singer who
exited as Pavarotti came on the scene,
tried to breach the gap between lyric and
dramatic singing, but was never really
convincing no matter how noble the
effort.
The tenor with whom Pavarotti is
often compared is the aristocratic Swede
Jussi Bjorling (1911-60). The two have
similar voices. Bjorling brought notes out
of the air with ease and it never seemed
he fought for anything. Pavarotti often
struggled and carried listeners with him
as he did. Neither man was a prominent
stage actor, although audiences knew
to come only for the voice when Bjorling appeared. Pavarotti was more of a
performer and in the modern age, people
seem to like that.
People like Pavarotti, who equate their
art with personal gratification, often manage to transcend the limitation of enjoyment that society wraps around great art
and bring pleasure to everyone. That is a
blessing and he will be sorely missed.
Marc W. Reuben, a sole practitioner, is an
advisory editor of the Philadelphia Bar Reporter. He has been writing about the Arts and
Media since 1973.
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Notice to Philadelphia Bar Association Members
Pursuant to Section 1100 of the
Philadelphia Bar Association bylaws,
notice is hereby given to all members of
the Philadelphia Bar Association that the
following amendments to the bylaws of
the Philadelphia Bar Association were
considered at the July 26, 2007 Board of
Governors meeting and were approved
for submission to the members at the
October Quarterly meeting to take place
on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007 at Noon at
the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott.
1. Section 100(A)(1)(c) shall be
amended and restated as follows:
Section 100. Classes of Membership;
Rights.
(A) There shall be the following classes
of membership:
(1) Regular Member. A Regular Member shall be a member of the Bar
(a) of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
or the United States Court of Appeals for
the Third Circuit; or
(b) of any court of record whose office
or principal practice is in the City of
Philadelphia; or
(c) of any court of record who is employed in the City of Philadelphia or who
maintains therein his or her principal
office or of any court of record, who is a
full-time member of the faculty of any
accredited law school.
2. Section 208(A) and (B) shall be
amended and restated as follows:
Section 208. The Board.
(A) The members of the Board entitled
to vote, shall be:
(1) the Officers, all of whom shall serve
for a term co-extensive with their respective terms of office;
(2) the immediate past Chancellor;
(3) the immediate past Chair of the
Board;
(4) a representative of each Section
designated by the Section and then serving as a member of the highest executive
body of the Section who shall serve for a
term of one year (provided that no such
representative shall serve for more than
three consecutive one-year terms); the
Chair of each Section shall notify the
Chair of the Board on or before December 31 of each year of the identity of the
person designated by the Section to serve
as a member of the Board during the following calendar year as a representative of
the Section;
(5) 15 persons elected by the Members
as provided in Section 300(A)(1)(c),
consisting of three classes of five Members
each, who shall serve for a term of three
years, one class being elected each year;
(6) three persons appointed by the
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Chancellor pursuant to Section 208(D),
each of whom shall serve for a term of
three years, one person being appointed
each year;
(a) In order to transition the 208(D)
appointments from two members with
two year terms to three members with
three year terms, the 2008 Chancellor
shall on or before Jan. 15, 2008, appoint
one member to a term ending Dec.
31, 2009 and one member whose term
shall expire Dec. 31, 2010. As of Jan.
15, 2009 and each year thereafter, the
Chancellor shall appoint one member to
a three year term as defined by 208(D);
(7) the Chair and Chair-Elect of the
Young Lawyers Division; and,
(8) the Chair of the Law Practice Management Division.
(B) The Chancellor immediately prior
to the immediate past Chancellor and
the President of the Philadelphia Bar
Foundation shall be ex officio non-voting
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members of the Board.
3. Section 210(B) shall be amended
and restated as follows:
Section 210. Procedure; Quorum.
(B) Except as otherwise provided by
these Bylaws, eighteen (18) members
of the Board eligible to vote shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, and the acts of
a majority of the members of the Board
eligible to vote present at a meeting at
which a quorum is present shall be the
acts of the Board. The members of the
Board present at a duly organized meeting can continue to do business until
adjournment, notwithstanding the loss of
a quorum.
4. Section 214 (C) shall be amended
and restated as follows:
Section 214. Place and Notice of
Meetings of the Board and Cabinet.
(C) Whenever written notice is
required to be given to a member of the
Board or Cabinet, whether under the
provisions of these Bylaws or otherwise,
such notice may be given to the member either personally or by email or by
first-class mail, postage prepaid (in the
case of the notice of the first meeting of
the Board in each year), express mail or
courier service, postal or other charges
prepaid, or by facsimile transmission
(with telephone confirmation that the
transmission has been received) to the
address or facsimile number supplied by
the member to the Association for the
purpose of notice. If the notice is given by
express mail or courier service (or by firstclass mail in the case of the first meeting
of the Board in each year), it shall be
deemed to have been given when deposited with the courier service for delivery
to the member. In the case of facsimile
transmission with telephone confirmation
that the transmission has been received,
notice shall be deemed to have been given
when transmitted.
5. Section 1001 shall be amended and
restated as follows:
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Section 1001. Administration of Official Publications
The Editorial Boards of each official
publication shall consist of Members
of the Association appointed by either
the Chancellor or by a majority of the
membership of the publication’s Editorial Board, upon demonstration by the
appointee of a commitment to the goals
of the publication. All initial appointments shall be approved by the Board
of Governors prior to the individual
beginning service as a member of the
Editorial Board. The members of each
Editorial Board shall serve for three-year
terms, with all terms ending on Dec. 31.
The term of all initial appointments shall
end on Dec. 31 of the third year following their appointment, e.g., the term of a
member appointed in June 2007 would
end on Dec. 31, 2009. Upon the expiration of a member’s three-year term, the
member’s appointment shall be renewed
for successive terms only upon approval
by a majority of the membership of the
respective publication’s Editorial Board
and approval thereafter by the Board
of Governors. Current members of the
Editorial Board shall complete their
present terms and thereafter be subject to
the terms contained herein. The internal
operating procedures and manner of selection of the Editor of each official publication shall be established by majority
vote of all members of the publication’s
Editorial Board then in office.
6. ‘Publish’ in the Definitions Section
shall be amended and restated as follows:
“Publish” shall mean notification
published in any Association publication
that is available to every Member, including electronic media, and/or in The Legal
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2007 Wachovia Fidelity Award, presented annually to a member of the Association, who through volunteer activities,
rendered over a considerable period of
time, has made significant improvements
to the administration of justice.
The criteria for the award are:
• Significant accomplishments in
improving the administration of justice
(preferably in Philadelphia);
• The absence of prior recognition
for this work by the Philadelphia Bar
Association;
• Distinguished service consistently
rendered over a considerable period of
time or a single outstanding achievement
in a particular year. (The fact that this
single achievement may have occurred
some years ago in not material so long as
it has not been recognized.);
• The accomplishment must arise from
voluntary activities rather than for service
rendered as a paid professional; and
• It is preferred that the recipient be a
member of the Philadelphia Bar Association not now in public office or directly
involved with the court operations or any
other public service activity.
Nominations should be made in
writing. Please include a detailed statement setting forth information and
reasons why you are recommending the
nominee. Nominations should be sent
to Tracey McCloskey, Philadelphia Bar
Association, c/o Fidelity Award Committee, 1101 Market St., 11th Floor,
Philadelphia PA 19107. The deadline is
Friday, Oct. 12.
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“I met Liv Ullmann outside the Academy of Music a few years ago.
She was wearing a fabulous sable coat and with her blonde hair,
she looked like a movie star.”
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People
Rhonda Hill Wilson,
began his term as president of the South
Asian Bar Association of Philadelphia.
Sheila S. Gallucci-
principal in the Law
Offices of Rhonda
H. Wilson, P.C., has
been reappointed to
the American Association for Justice’s
Executive and Membership Oversight Committees. She also
presented at the American Association
for Justice Annual Convention for the
American Women Trial Lawyers Caucus
on the topic of “Exercising Leadership
Through Community Outreach” in
Chicago on July 17.
Davis, vice presidentgeneral counsel and
Secretary of Subaru
of America, Inc.,
recently received
the 2007 Women
of Outstanding
Achievement Award honoring women
who have distinguished themselves
professionally and in service to their community by the Girl Scouts of Camden
County, N.J.
Jean A. Durling, chief recruitment and
Semanoff Ormsby
Greenberg &
Torchia, LLC, has
been elected to chair
the Environmental
Advisory Council
for the Township of Nether Providence,
Delaware County.
professional development officer at Fox
Rothschild LLP, has been elected to serve
a two-year term on the board of directors
for NALP – the Association for Legal
Career Professionals.
 
Stephen G. Harvey, a partner with Pepper
Hamilton LLP, was a moderator at a program focusing on subprime lending at the
American Bar Association's Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Ca., on Aug. 12. 
Michael G. Moyer, senior vice president of
development at Land
Services USA, was
named to the Board
of the Foundation
for Breast & Prostate
Health.
Alexander Muentz, a sole practitioner,
presented “Protecting your IT Infrastructure from Legal Attacks” at the Defcon
15 Computer Security convention in Las
Vegas, NV on Aug. 3.
H. Ronald Klasko,
the founding partner
of Klasko, Rulon,
Stock and Seltzer
LLP, was recently
a featured guest on
the Voice of America
program “Encounter” on a segment titled “International
Students in the U.S.: Balancing Openness
with Security.” The program aired on
July 1 around the world. He also recently
spoke on U.S. immigration rules and
regulations affecting students, scholars,
employees, business people and investors at a program hosted by the Global
Village for Future Leaders of Business and
Industry at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.
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Andrew A. Chirls, a
partner with Wolf,
Block, Schorr, and
Solis-Cohen LLP
and former Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association,
has been elected to
the American Law Institute. The ALI recognizes people for their significant professional achievements and a demonstrated
interest in the improvement of the law.
Barnett Satinsky, a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, was a speaker at the Corporate
Synergies 2007 Fall Institute on strategic
benefits planning.
Philip J. Katauskas, of counsel to
Kevin F. Berry, a member of Cozen
O’Connor, was recently inducted into the
Litigation Counsel of America.
Michael A. Morse and Alexandra C.
Gaugler of Miller, Alfano & Raspanti,
P.C., co-authored the article “Daubert
Challenges to Experts in Federal Cases:
An Overlooked Defense.” The article
appears in the July 2007 issue of The
Champion. 
Heather C. Giordanella, a shareholder
with Miller, Alfano and Raspanti, P.C.,
received the Outstanding Member Award
at the National Association of Women
Lawyers’ 2007 Annual Awards Luncheon
on Aug. 2 in New York City.
Emmanuel O. Iheukwumere, principal
shareholder of Emmanuel Law Firm,
LLC, wrote “Tort Reform Voir Dire
Questions in Medical Malpractice Cases”
published in the May 2007 issue of the
ABA’s The Practical Litigator. The article
explored permissible voir dire questions
on tort reform in medical malpractice
cases.
David N. Hofstein of Hofstein Weiner &
Levit, P.C. was a moderator for “Internet
Risks and Resources for Family Lawyers”
at the annual meeting of the American
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Pennsylvania Chapter in Cambridge, Md.
Nadeem A. Bezar, a partner with Kolsby,
Gordon, Robin, Shore and Bezar, recently
Timothy J. Bloh, a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, spoke at the “Practicing
Architecture in New Jersey” seminar on
Sept. 27 in New Brunswick, N.J.
Justin B. Wineburgh, a member of Cozen
O’Connor, presented two lectures on
films and filmmaking for the Greater
Philadelphia Film Office in conjunction
with Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for
the Arts.
Ilan Rosenberg, a
member of Cozen
O’Connor, has been
elected vice president
of the America-Israel
Chamber of Commerce for the Central Atlantic Region.
Kevin E. Raphael,
a shareholder with
Miller, Alfano &
Raspanti, P.C., spoke
at the National Business Institute’s CLE
Seminar on Aug.
16. He discussed
“Criminal Defense: Pretrial Success.”
Michael H. Reed, a partner at Pepper
Hamilton LLP, has been named to the
Interest on Lawyers Trust Account Board
by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Jennifer Brandt, a
member of Cozen
O’Connor, recently
had two back-toback appearances on
CNN’s “Showbiz
Special Report”
discussing Britney
Spears’ child custody battle.
Sherry L. Horowitz, a sole practitioner,
has been appointed as a trustee of the
Golden Slipper Club & Charities, a nonprofit organization that supports children
and senior citizens.
Eric H. Weitz, a
member of Seidel
Weitz Garfinkle
& Datz, LLC, has
been certified as a
life member of both
the Million Dollar
Advocates Forum
and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates
Forum, comprised of attorneys who have
won million and multi-million dollar
verdicts, awards and settlements.
Steven B. Davis, a partner with Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, was
recently appointed to the corporate insurance coverage committee of the Conflict
Resolution & Prevention International
Institute.
Kim R. Jessum, of
counsel to Stradley
Ronon Stevens &
Young, LLP, recently
moderated the CLE
program, “The Antitrust-IP Interface:
What Attorneys Really Need to Know,” held at the American
Bar Association Annual Meeting in San
Francisco.
Jacqueline H. Canter,
a shareholder with
Marshall, Dennehey,
Warner, Coleman
& Goggin, was
the course planner
and speaker for the
recent Pennsylvania
Bar Institute seminar “Communicating
With Your Client,” which focused on
developing and maintaining a healthy
attorney-client relationship through effective communication.
Abbe F. Fletman, a shareholder with
Flaster/Greenberg, has been appointed by
the American Bar Association 2007-08
Section of Litigation leadership to serve as
co-chair of The Woman Advocate Committee.
nNames ARE NEWS
“People” highlights news of members’
awards, honors or appointments of a
community or civic nature. Information
may be sent to Jeff Lyons, Senior Managing Editor, Philadelphia Bar Reporter,
Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market
St., 11th fl., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107-2911.
Fax: (215) 238-1159. E-mail: reporter@
philabar.org. Color photos are also
welcome.
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